单词 | goon |
释义 | goon[ goon ] / gun / SEE SYNONYMS FOR goon ON THESAURUS.COM nounInformal. a hired hoodlum or thug. Slang.
Origin of goonFirst recorded in 1920–25; shortened from dialectal gooney, variant of obsolete gony “a simpleton” (of unknown origin); influenced by the comic-strip character Alice the Goon in the series Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist Words nearby goonGoolagong Cawley, Goole, goolie, goombah, goombay, goon, go on and on, goon bag, goonda, go one better, go one's way Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for goonBritish Dictionary definitions for goon (1 of 3)goon1 / (ɡuːn) / nouna stupid or deliberately foolish person US informal a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation, esp in an industrial dispute Word Origin for goonC20: partly from dialect gooney fool, partly after the character Alice the Goon, created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist British Dictionary definitions for goon (2 of 3)goon2 nounAustralian informal cheap wine packaged in casks or boxed British Dictionary definitions for goon (3 of 3)go on verb (intr, mainly adverb)interjectionI don't believe what you're saying Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with goongo on Happen, take place, as in What's going on here? [Early 1700s] Continue, as in The show must go on. [Late 1500s] Keep on doing; also, proceed, as in He went on talking, or She may go on to become a partner. [Second half of 1600s] Act, behave, especially badly. For example, Don't go on like that; stop kicking the dog. [Second half of 1700s] Also, go on and on; run on. Talk volubly, chatter, especially tiresomely. For example, How she does go on! The first usage dates from the mid-1800s; run on appeared in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553): “Yet your tongue can run on.“ An interjection expressing disbelief, surprise, or the like, as in Go on, you must be joking! [Late 1800s] Approach; see going on. Use as a starting point or as evidence, as in The investigator doesn't have much to go on in this case. [Mid-1900s] go on something. Begin something, as in go on line, meaning “start to use a computer,” or go on a binge, meaning “begin to overdo, especially drink or eat too much.” The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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